DEAR READERS: Birds can make wonderful pets. They are intelligent and melodic (some would say noisy), and can be nice companions. But where do most people place the bird cage? The kitchen might be the ...

Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice in ...